YongSheng Xuan (illustrator)
The Story of Chopsticks
Holiday House, 2001
The youngest of three sons, Kuài, never gets enough to eat. One day he invents a solution to his dilemma. Two twigs will let him spear a chicken leg and a chunk of sweet potato, and he eats without burning his fingers and well before the rest of his family. Kuài's invention catches on quickly with his brothers, mother, and father, who name chopsticks in honor of him: kuaizi 筷子, or "quick sticks." Ying Chang Compestine's invented folk tale moves predictably from household to village to imperial court, and soon all Chinese eat with chopsticks. YongSheng Xuan's illustrations have an appropriately vernacular look, colorful and bold.
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